Jan 13, 2022 11:30:00

Global PC shipments increased by about 15% year-on-year to over 340 million units, the highest annual shipments since 2012, Apple's market share increased by 28.3% & Acer's market share increased by 21.8%

Research firm Canalys reports on 'Global PC Shipments and Market Share' for the fourth quarter of 2021 (October-December) and for 2021 as a whole. In 2021, PC shipments reached 341,053,000 units, a year-on-year growth of approximately 15%, continuing from

2020, when the pandemic had the largest growth ever.

Canalys Newsroom --Global PC shipments pass 340 million in 2021 and 2022 is set to be even stronger
https://www.canalys.com/newsroom/global-pc-market-Q4-2021

The PC shipments and market share by manufacturer in the fourth quarter of 2021 (2021Q4) reported by Canalys are as follows. Lenovo (21.71,000 units) shipped the most PCs in the same period, with a market share of 23.7%. Among the top five companies shipped, Apple (9.0%), which released the ' MacBook Pro with M1 Pro / Max ' in October 2021, recorded the highest growth rate from the same period of the previous year (2020Q4). Has 7.81 million units and has a market share of 8.5%. In addition, worldwide sales increased 0.8% year-on-year to 91,736,000 units.

Corporate	2021Q4 shipments	2021Q4 Market share	2020Q4 shipments	2020Q4 market share	growth rate
Lenovo	21.71,000 units	23.7%	23.22 million units	25.5%	-6.5%
HP	18,645,000 units	20.3%	19225,000 units	21.1%	-3.0%
Dell	17195,000 units	18.7%	15794,000 units	17.4%	8.9%
Apple	7.81 million units	8.5%	7.163,000 units	7.9%	9.0%
Acer	6,582,000 units	7.2%	6,166,000 units	6.8%	6.7%
others	19802,000 units	21.6%	19431,000 units	20.7%	1.9%
total	91,736,000 units	100%	90,999,000 units	100%	0.8%

And the table below summarizes the number of shipments throughout the year. The top five companies have shipped 82,142,000 units for Lenovo, 74,072,000 units for HP, 59.3 million units for Dell, 28,958,000 units for Apple, and 24,383,000 units for Acer. Focusing on the growth rate from 2020, Apple released the M1 chip-equipped 'MacBook Air ', ' Mac mini ' and ' MacBook Pro ' in November 2020, and the M1 chip-equipped ' iMac' in May 2021. Recorded a large growth of 28.3%. In addition, Acer also recorded a high longest rate of 21.8%. In addition, the total number of units shipped worldwide increased by 14.6% from the previous year to 341,053,000 units.

Corporate	2021 shipments	2021 market share	2020 shipments	2020 market share	growth rate
Lenovo	82,142,000 units	24.1%	72,646,000 units	24.4%	13.1%
HP	74,072,000 units	21.7%	67,688,000 units	22.7%	9.5%
Dell	59.3 million units	17.4%	50273,000 units	16.9%	18.0%
Apple	28,958,000 units	8.5%	22.574,000 units	7.6%	28.3%
Acer	24,383,000 units	7.1%	2002 33,000 units	6.7%	21.8%
others	72,198,000 units	21.2%	64.43 million units	21.6%	12.1%
total	341,053,000 units	100%	297,614,000 units	100%	14.6%

Below is a graph summarizing the changes in total shipments since 2011, with the blue bar showing the number of desktop PCs shipped and the green bar showing the number of notebook PCs shipped. According to Canalys, the total number of shipments in 2021 will be the highest since 2012. It has also been shown that shipments of notebook PCs have increased significantly since 2020, probably due to the global epidemic of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

'The surge in demand for technology over the last two years has disrupted the supply chain, affecting the availability of smartphones, cars and servers as well as PCs,' said Luchave Dorsi, Principal Analyst at Canalys. 'We speculate that demand for high-performance PCs, monitors, accessories, and other technology products will increase, leading to increased profits in the industry, in order to create situations where people can work anywhere, collaborate around the world, and maintain productivity. '2021 was a year of digital transformation , but 2022 will be a year of digital acceleration, ' he said, showing expectations that the PC market will continue to grow beyond 2022.